Originally Posted by
Chad Veich
Birds have a self-preservation instinct that many multi-rotor operators seem to lack!
That is true and also most turbine engines can survive a single bird ingestion and keep operating - at least temporarily.
A drone with hard metal components (motors / frame etc) is a different story.
Same goes with bird strike resistance on cockpit windows - soft flesh, feathers and cartilage might bounce off at 250Kts but 4 x 120 gram metal motors probably won't.